The Gem System inLost Arkcan be a bit confusing at first, especially since it has more mechanical complexity than it originally seems to have. The fact that Gear,Ability Stone Faceting,and Gems all play into a character’s build can be a bit overwhelming. Additionally, players don’t naturally learn the best methods and times to buy, sell, and obtain these Gems until they’ve already made at least a few mistakes.
With that in mind, it’s helpful to go over the system as a whole. Here’s everything players need to know about how the gem system works, and when players should be buying, selling, or fusing their gems inLost Ark.
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Gem Overview
Most aspects of the gem system may seem obvious at a glance, but some can be easy to miss or forget aspect or people who are playing a wide variety of games at a time, or just came back toLost Arkafter its last big update. All gems inLost Arkhave the following properties:
Where To Get Gems
There are a wide variety of ways that players can obtain gems inLost Ark, such as:
Fusion System
There are three aspects of fusion system inLost Ark:Fusing Gems, Rerolling Gems,andEquipping Gems.
Fusing Gems
Fusing three Gems of the same level into a single Gem of the next level. Auto Fusion will automatically Fuse all possible Gems in a player’s inventory. If a player clicks on Auto Fusion of any Level, and it doesn’t allow them to continue, this means that they don’t have enough Gems to Fuse up that high at the moment.
The Fusion Result is random in terms of its type (Damage Increase or Cooldown Reduction) and has a 100% success rate. Players can even use Gems of another Class if they happen to have some, which will always result in a Gem relevant to their Class. Note that Gems can’t be Fused up to the next “Tier.” For example, it’s impossible to turn Tier 2 blue Gems into Tier 3 orange Gems.
Rerolling Gems
Rerolling costs Silver, and is based on Gem Level and Tier of Gem. For example, a Level 1 Tier 1 Gem costs almost no Silver to reroll compared to a Level 10 Tier 3 Gem. Rerolling a Gem of a different Class will always result in a Gem relevant to the player’s current Class.
Gem Rerolling is by far the easiest way for newerLost Arkplayersto throw away a lot of their saved-up Silver.
Equipping Gems
There are 11 total Gem Slots into which players can slot Gems into. Players cannot equip two Gems of the same Skill and type, regardless of Gem Level. The Gem Equip Menu sidebar allows players to sort their Gem Benefits by Skill.
By default, players have two Gem Presets, and each additional one costs Blue Crystals (which players can get for Goldor as a Microtransaction) to unlock. Gems that are currently part of a Gem Preset cannot be Fused;think of it as something similar to “Locking” them.
When To Buy Gems
The right time to buy gems with Gold (as opposed to upgrading them) is a bit dependent on the current value of Gold in the game. However, it’s almost always worth it to buy Gems ataround level 5 or so. At that point, this is more efficient than enrolling them using Silver, and then slowly work on upgrading them all through Fusion from there.
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Of course, players can also just buy the Level 10 Versions of their Gems they get to Tier 3, but that’s quite a Gold investment and isn’t really necessary for the content that most players will be facing pre-1380 to 1400+.
When To Sell Gems
Compared to buying, selling Gems is an almost equally common activity. There are playerswho swear by the “Life Hack"of always selling Level 5+ Gems that are irrelevant to their currently needed Skills, but this slows down the progression from having eleven Level 5 Gems to eleven Level 10 Gems.
Rather, here are the most common scenarios in which people tend to Sell their Gems:
When To Fuse Or Not Fuse Gems
Gem Fusion is (usually) something that everyLost Arkplayer is passively keeping track of at all times. There are not many scenarios in which a player will leave a bunch of Gems in their storage of the same level without Fusing them. Because Fusing is usually the go-to method, here aresome examples in which someLost ArkVeterans would recommend not Fusing,and instead would recommend selling or holding onto the relevant Gems.
